Fernanda Montenegro
Brazilian actress (born 1929)
Summary
Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres, known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the grande dame of Brazilian theater, cinema, and performing arts. For her work in Central Station (1998), she became the first Brazilian and first Latin American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the first actress nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a Portuguese language film. Her daughter, actress Fernanda Torres, was also nominated in 2025. Additionally, she became the first Brazilian to win the Emmy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Sweet Mother (2014).
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